TAG: mash-ups
And Now for Something Completely Different: Monty Python’s entertainment legacy
Posted in Explore and Discover, Uncategorized on August 21, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Melissa Rhoades If you’ve never experienced Monty Python, you’ve missed a big part of comedy history. The group played an integral role in the evolution of sketch humor. In fact, their influence is so massive that The Atlantic magazine called them “The Beatles of Comedy” in 2013. Like the Beatles, Monty Python’s influence extends […]
Tags: BBC, British, Cambridge, comedy, English, Eric Idle, Flying Circus, fourth wall, Graham Chapman, history, Holy Grail, John Cleese, Life of Brian, mash-ups, Meaning of Life, meta commentary, Michael Palin, Monty Python, Oxford, sketch comedy, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones
Block play and kindergarten readiness
Posted in Parents and Teachers on June 20, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Mary Ellen Braks This article is second in a 2-part series. The first article is 7 stages of block play: Building and early learning. As a librarian my go-to choice for baby gifts has always been books. The more books you have around your house and the more you read to children, the more likely it is […]
Tags: block play, blocks, Build a Better World, building, development, early learning, emotional, Hands-on Building, KEVA blocks, literacy, mash-ups, math, physical, Pre-K, pre-kindergarten, preschool, social, storytime, storytime mash-ups
7 stages of block play: Building and early learning
Posted in Parents and Teachers on June 16, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Mary Ellen Braks Blocks! Kids love them and parents love them. Most preschool classrooms and child care centers have blocks. Building programs seem to be everywhere. In fact, we’re having a week full of block and building activities at our storytimes this summer. You may be thinking, “Great! But why!?” My answer would be […]
Tags: block play, blocks, building, early learning, KEVA blocks, mash-ups, Pre-K, pre-kindergarten, preschool, storytime, storytime mash-ups
